Crenças metacognitivas e preocupações em relação ao sucesso subjetivo: evidências do Brasil e de Portugal
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https://doi.org/10.25118/2763-9037.2026.v16.1640Palavras-chave:
sucesso, crenças metacognitivas, preocupação, terapia metacognitivaResumo
Introdução: Este estudo investigou a relação entre crenças metacognitivas, preocupação e percepções subjetivas de sucesso em uma amostra de 291 adultos, predominantemente do Brasil e de Portugal. Objetivo: Com base no modelo metacognitivo de Wells, hipotetizamos que crenças metacognitivas negativas estariam associadas a menor percepção de sucesso, enquanto crenças positivas não apresentariam associação significativa. Resultado: Os resultados apoiaram essas predições. Crenças metacognitivas negativas foram significativamente associadas a níveis mais baixos de sucesso percebido, com indivíduos nos grupos "Não bem-sucedido" e "Parcialmente bem-sucedido" relatando níveis mais elevados de preocupação disfuncional. Em contraste, crenças metacognitivas positivas não variaram entre os grupos de sucesso. Conclusão: Esses achados destacam o papel central das metacognições negativas na formação do sucesso subjetivo e sugerem que intervenções voltadas para processos de preocupação disfuncional podem melhorar o bem-estar. O estudo estende a teoria metacognitiva para populações não clínicas e transgeracionais e contribui para a compreensão dos fatores psicológicos subjacentes ao sucesso percebido.
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